Imran Khan's immediate release from jail 'unlikely': sources
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13 Jul 2024
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder Imran Khan is unlikely to be released from Adiala Jail immediately despite his acquittal in the Iddat case, sources said on Saturday.
According to sources, while Khan has provided bail in 12 cases related to the May 9 riots, the jail administration has only received documents for 7 of those cases.
Lahore Police has been granted permission by the Anti-Terrorism Court in Rawalpindi to arrest Khan in connection with three cases related to the May 9 violence, the sources added.
The informers further said that the law enforcers would interrogate the veteran politician in Rawalpindi prison.
The ATC in Lahore has also rejected Khan's bail application in the same three cases.
A Lahore Police team has also reached Adiala Jail to arrest Imran Khan, the sources informed.
On the other hand, Bushra Bibi is likely to be arrested in a new Toshakhana case filed by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB), sources said.
An anti-graft team, led by Deputy Director Mohsin Haroon, has reached Adiala jail to detain the former first lady.
Earlier today, a district and sessions court in Islamabad ordered the authorities to release Mr and Mrs Khan from Adiala jail after acquitting them in the un-Islamic Nikkah case.
Additional Sessions Judge Muhammad Afzal Majoka approved the petitions of the couple seeking suspension of their convictions in the Iddat case.
In January, Khawar Maneka, Bushra's ex-husband, had challenged the couple's marriage and had termed their nikah as fraudulent.
Maneka, in the petition, claimed that the marriage was solemnised during Bushra Bibi's iddat (the time a woman goes into isolation after a divorce or her husband's death).
Later, Islamabad's local court sentenced the veteran politician and his spouse to jail for seven years in the un-Islamic Nikah case on February 4.
On June 27, Judge Afzal Majoka upheld the sentences handed down to the couple in the unlawful-Nikah case.
Following the verdict, Mr and Mrs Imran moved the local court and Islamabad High Court (IHC) seeking annulment of their conviction.
Today, the court acquitted the couple and ordered the authorities to release the former prime minister and his wife from jail, if they are not sentenced in any other case.
The 72-year politician has been in prison since August last year.
The cricketer-turned-politician has been serving his jail terms in the Toshakhana case, cipher case, and Iddat case.
His sentences were suspended by the courts in the Toshakhana and cases.
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